The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-06
LIFE IN THE SEWERS
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NrC yor. Nov There wa. fl man-
i...f. ,.,..,. ..r, p~...,roy iafa. ore riyhf NOT
lam, 400 r.rr,tr fuf ,trunr ladder
r., ffr0,rh II into the darknos- under
-t. .fro.- and on fine pavement wa-
I..rt Irr. and rouerful man holding
ta. tor. r.....I ...th or.a hand and "A dan..r
I.rf.-r vf.h OLD. other a half hour
n,...d fn This ,ar and then un out of
-i. ,.-.,,f.r shaft came "a second man
M. ,,,s clad fr f.ur and muddy rubber
to.o+. That r.,oled rn fo his waist. "a thin
and ,.rr l.rf. r,afernr00f coat chat butt
t..,..l ,.lo... .ar.rnd die neck and reached
tot i,. lr.a.. "a ,..f and dfapidafod SLOUGH
I... f-.,,. ,.f.o.. ra,rthe water fricEIed
...l fn,...tf. f,it ,.r, Noticeable oycraI-
.r ',,..., ,,,. A.. tl,, dre,y rn line ladder
and r.,,la,.5 ff,,. r,anb0l. cover the writer
..i.i .i..',., and ,,,t.r..l info conver.a-
,.,
..,-.. rotbof nor rrrlea-anf down
,t.-. 3D. said fhe mann Who had inst
....r..l r-.n .nlfarranean New York.
u, H.. f..f fha onD9-itc. cool and comfort
afle paorie hntc odd notions about
-.vr.-. anl fhe doctors and the sanitary
err.rear- and plumber, scare them into
d.. ,,.tI .li ..r,. ~ nou.an-. about sewer
.,,. of ..-.r...fi.r. goa. now and then
I,l smell. Ir f.r mains and cuIyert-. but
,,.,,.. ,f i.ai fa That after YOU have been
.n liz bu-.pe-- a month. and after four or
fr. vou come f0 like them first rate. I've
b..n "a ulqnhoIe man nearly fifteen years
r.,. ond larr.n,, ID bad head boo themUrn-
ir,a ffer I'D heen orif late the ni-ht before
,.th tba bav. I've newer been -ilk 100 all
fhsf time 10 ought fo lra healthy BUSH
mess All the water tine Crl.on aqueduci
brinu- down into the CTS IFS sent ont
through thc sewers. and all they get from
.rfe-itu wells. drivers and pumps g0c-
fh. same way Then there is the rain
amid SNOW Altogether Ae mains are quite
,l..r. and d...rf
.peonle lave 1000 idea chat the sewers
arcul al hD and mcalI asquei a- a grave
,ard That's au wrong. ADJ thc -ound-
of tine city travel Wol. in the mains. and
especially those Of the newspaper presses.
lrnanlo- Other machinery they usually
work u cellars Then 10 F. aIi alive down
tn.re-m.c. n many districts. house rats
and water rats everywhere and there are
a few cats down thcre-INe Cff- lu the
wafer there are cells md sometimes CRIBS
and other fishes and water bugs They
f..lgcIl and areu0' often hungry. Some
rnc-they are ,l0u-h. and when you run
urDn fl.m suddenly. they ID fight all bite
and rual.. % lively time of 10 for you The
sewers area fnnypucc. IN some places
where Che house pipes enter. there is all
,.ay- escaping steam from boilers in the
uefshhorho0d. and 10 is just Ikea Russian
bath ln others the mains of The heating
c0npauies come too near and tAc walls
AFRO SD hot chat DO is almost % furnace
Then % new thing +. electricity leaks.
These happen mostly down town. some
wire is 0ut of order and the current gets
loose Generally you find it ont by % sud-
diem shock but sometimes, when your
lantern goes out you VIII see the strangest
kinds of blue fires and lights all around
you.
''Were You ever in California. Wei,
the water down in the mains does just the
same thing as in the gold placers IL
washes away an the light and floating
stuff. of course Then 30 washes away by
derrees the dirt and sand on the bottom.
and leaves heavy stuff like pins, needles.
nails and such That's where AN the pins
and needles go o.. There are millions of
them i'm the sewers. They are no good 20
ANYBODY. and they give as lots of trouble
i'm digging them up and i'm damIuing back
the eswcr water. Besides these there are
balls which the boys lose when playing in
the streets and the bats sticks and
brooms thcy drop in trying to fish the BAN